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'''Rich Fownes''' (born October of 1983) is the guitarist for the British rock band The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster and current multi-instrumentalist for [[Nine Inch Nails]]. He has also played guitar live with With $cissors Scissors and UNKLE.
==Career==
Fownes was born and raised in London and moved to Brighton at the age of 19. At 12, he took up guitar after first listening to Nirvana and lists [[Dave Grohl]] as one of his biggest influences. It wasn't until Fownes arrived in Brighton that his career began to take off. He became the guitarist for With $cissors Scissors and later joined the Eighties Matchbox B-Line Movie disasterDisaster, catching the attention of UNKLE at a stadium performance opening for System Of A Down. The band was invited to play on UNKLE's 2007 album and joined them on tour, scoring an opening gig for Nine Inch Nails in [[2007/09/05 Tel Aviv, Israel|Tel Aviv]].
In late 2007/early 2008, Fownes received an e-mail from NIN founder [[Trent Reznor]], inviting him to Los Angeles to audition for the latest live incarnation of Nine Inch Nails. Fownes was announced as a new addition to the band on April 4, 2008.
==Body of Work==
===With $cissorsScissors===
*''Chickenhawk/I Breathe The Spears'' split EP (2007; Milliepeed)
*''Take A Worm For A Walk Week/Orion Arm'' Split EP (2008; Nocixel/Small Town)
===The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Movie Disaster===
*''In The Garden'' EP (2007; No Death/Degenerate)
*[http://www.myspace.com/eightiesmatchboxblinedisaster The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster's official MySpace page]
*[http://profile.myspace.com/twitchfrowers Fownes' MySpace page]
*[http://www.myspace.com/wearewithscissors With Scissors Myspace Page]
[[Category:The Band]]